AKC National Agility Championships this weekend!

It's time for the AKC National Agility Championships this weekend! They will be held on March 27-29 at the Cabarrus Arena and Events Center in Concord, North Carolina.

To qualify each dog needed to earn 6 Double Q’s & 400 MACH points from the Regular Excellent B Standard & Jumpers With Weaves class during the qualifying period of December 1, 2008 through and including November 30, 2009.

Judges for this years event are: Carla Boudrot, Jack Cadalso, Beth Godwin, Rachel Long, Kim Reeher, and Melodie Sudick.

Eric at Agility Vision is providing complete coverage and live web streams of the Challenger Round and Finals at the AKC Nationals this year and hopefully a live stream from one ring during the rest of the competition. Click here to purchase the Coverage and Live Video Streams for $19.99.

In addition there will be an AKC Nationals DVD of the Challenger Round and Finals for $24.99. And if you miss the live stream and don't want to wait for the DVD you can purchase a high resolution .mp4 Video Download of the Challenger Round and Finals for $14.99. Here's more info.

You can also get some updates of the event from Eric's blog.

Here are some other important links:

Judges and walk thru schedule.
Running Order By Number (By type of dog, no handler or dog names)
Event Results & Coverage

Dates for the 2010 AKC National Agility Championships have been set, (but no location, as of this date). The dates are March 26 – March 28, 2010. Dogs must meet the following qualifications to be eligible to enter this event.

The qualifying period for 2010 is December 1, 2008 through and including November 30, 2009. Dogs will be eligible to enter this event if they earn at least 6 Double Q’s & 400 MACH points from the Regular Excellent B Standard & Jumpers With Weaves class during the qualifying period. New in 2010 dogs from the Preferred class will be eligible to participate in the nationals if they earn at least 6 Double Q’s from the Preferred Excellent B Standard & Jumpers With Weaves class during the qualifying period.